5 Tips For Customizing Icons On Desktop In Windows 10

Want to know how to manage and customize icons on your Windows 10 desktop? In this guide, we will share the seven most useful tips to manage and customize desktop icons.

In addition to Windows 10, these tips and tricks will work on Windows 8 and Windows 7 as well.

Those who would like to customize the desktop background, please refer to our four ways to customize the desktop background in Windows 10 article.

Get more sizes for desktop icons

The desktop context menu offers three sizes for icons: small, medium, and large. If you need more sizes, simply hold down the Ctrl key and then scroll the mouse wheel to increase or reduce icons size. Check out our 3 ways to resize desktop icons in Windows guide to know all the ways out there to resize desktop icons.

Change desktop icons

If you want to the change the default icons of programs on the desktop, you can do that with ease. Right-click on the program’s shortcut icon, click Properties, click Change Icon button, and then click the browse button to select an icon.

Change spacing between desktop icons

If you find that the desktop icons are placed very close to each other, you can change the desktop icon spacing. You can change the spacing via Registry, but there is a dedicated software out there to help you change the default icon spacing, and the tool works on Windows 10 as well.

Keyboard shortcut to show or hide desktop icons

There is no dedicated keyboard shortcut to show and hide icons on the desktop. If you often hide and show desktop icons, you can create a dedicated hotkey with the help of a little utility called Actual Hide Desktop Icons. Not exactly a customization tip, but we find the tool very helpful.